Playak News Flash 2008-11-29

Playak News Flash - November 29, 2008

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Double You Ess: Diesel 70 At Great Falls Bryan Kirk and I have been paddling the new Diesel 70's at Great Falls for the past few days. This boat turned out the same as the falls...great!

Evan Garcia: Box Canyon Of The Nevados The Rio Nevados has been one of the most classic runs in the Pucon area. A classic ever since the day all the boys first ran it some years ago. You put in at a bridge, run two different canyons with great rapids, and then takeout above a gnarly unknown section of river. I heard a few things about the lower Nevados... but rumors that it was an unrunnable gorge with a 60 footer in there. This year interested in how the Nevados could all the sudden turn from classic to class VI... we journeyed down and scouted her a few times.

Jakub Nemec: Upper Upper Bhote Kosi Ciao, Right now we are hanging out in a Kathmandu after cool three days of kayaking on the upper section of Bhote kosi river. River is flowing from the Tibet and right after borders there is a power station. First possible put-in on the Nepali side is behind the power house so we put-in up there.

ERA Blog: Wall Shots Are Fun! There is always some misgiving about a wall shot. Nothing like it at home....new rivers with no particular course in mind tend to curve and wind and create new channels at whim when they tire of the old channel they traveled. Sometimes this means a river bank gets in the way.

para la familia: A Big One photo by mw i have been back from my most recent trip for more than three weeks now. after summer work in Norway dried up, instead of flying west across the Atlantic towards home, i made my way east into Asia to a small country famous for big mountains and big rivers. i have been wanting to share all my photos and stories with you blog fans out there but am just now taking the time to blog it all out.

paddling.net: Inuit And The Rock & Roll Hall Of Fame It's hard to ponder the evolution of the kayak without revisiting where it all began. Enter the Inuit Indians, and their desire to hunt from the water. I'm sure there were doubters in those early tribes, but there's no denying that the kayak worked for them. Doubters soon became kayakers.

SUP Surf Mag: Stand Up Paddle Surfing From The Inside Out Stand up paddle surfers and prone-paddle surfers alike are all searching for that secret place in the lineup where nobody else is sitting and the waves just keep coming to you.

Inflatable Kayak Blog: Inflatable Kayak Pumps You might think that it's a long and tedious process to pump up an inflatable kayak, pontoon or float tube every time you go out, but it's really not that difficult or time consuming. People often say that's why they wouldn't own an inflatable boat, but when you compare the time it takes to strap the boat on top of a car or truck or deal with a trailer, spending 8 to 10 minutes inflating your kayak is minimal effort.

Total WW Fun: new plastic slalom boat he SL350 weighs 14kg with all the outfitting. I'm sure if someone wanted to save weight they could take out the seat and shave at least 1.5kg off. But, weight saving is not really the point of a plastic slalom boat. Having a boat for teaching people how to paddle a slalom boat IS one of the reasons for having a plastic slalom boat.

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